Thursday 28 May 2015

Sweetheart

Last year, spring 2014 I bought three 'sweetheart' strawberry plants.  I got about 15 strawberries from them.  As the year progressed I pegged down the runners into the surrounding earth to make new plants.

One year later I am looking at a prolific strawberry 'bed'.  I have counted at least a hundred strawberries.  Strawberry jam anyone?

8 comments:

  1. Oh yes please!!! That's brilliant Simone, yours are way ahead of mine, I've only just got flowers so far!
    V x

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  2. Oh wow, yes please! We had to leave most of our strawberry plants at the old house and the pot we brought hasn't even got flowers this year!!

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  3. Good job, Simone! How about sampling a few on the way to the kitchen?? Just picked strawberries are the absolute best way to understand strawberry flavor. Enjoy each and every one and be proud of yourself.

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  4. Mmm - Strawberries and stawberry jam I love both. Looks as if you'll have a bumper crop this year, Simone our strawberries aren't nearly as advanced as yours:)

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  5. Oh yes, nothing like home made strawberry jam! xxx

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  6. Oh yes, please, I love it! Well done on creating your strawberry bed, Simone.
    Happy weekend.
    Helen xox

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  7. Of strawberries...I'm a fan,
    They never make it to the pan.
    xx

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  8. Wonderful! I planted a lot of strawberry plants last year. Most of them were "rescued" from the meadow at the farm. They're a wild variety that produce tiny strawberries. Maybe a strange thing to plant in a garden!

    I hope you find lots of good things to make with your strawberries. Strawberry ice cream? :)

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